Assessment of Environmental Quality of Soil Fertilized Grapefruit Trees with Municipal Sewage Sludge

2013 ◽  
Vol 671-674 ◽  
pp. 2736-2741
Author(s):  
Yin An Ming ◽  
Tao Tao

To reuse municipal sewage sludge safely, experiment was carried out on grapefruit trees fertilized with composted sludge from Shiweitou Sewage Treatment Plant in Xiamen City of China, and a method was introduced of how to assess the environmental quality of grapefruit trees soil fertilized with sludge by Set Pair Analysis (SPA) model. The results showed that the soil in the surface layer (0-15cm) and the deeper layer (15-30cm) was less clean, and the environment of soil was not polluted. Thus it was feasible to use sludge as fruit fertilizer. The maximum service life of sludge for continuous land application was estimated by taking Cd as the limiting factor, which would provide scientific guide and technical support for safe land application of sludge.

2016 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 157-166 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elżbieta Włodarczyk ◽  
Marta Próba ◽  
Lidia Wolny

Abstract Aim of this study was to evaluate the ecotoxicity of municipal sewage sludge conditioned with polyelectrolytes, taken from selected sewage treatment plant. Using the bioindication analysis overall toxicity was assessed, which allows to know the total toxicity of all the harmful substances contained in sewage sludge, in many cases acting synergistically. To prepare a sample of sludge for the basic test, all analyses were performed with a ratio of liquid to solid of 10:1 (water extract). Daphnia pulex biological screening test was used. A dilution series of an water extract of sludge were prepared to include within its scope the lowest concentration that causes 100% effect and the highest producing less than 10% of the effect within a specified range of the assay. The results of the test were read after 24 and 48 hours. Based on the research and analysis of test results it proved that the sewage sludge conditioned with polyelectrolytes exhibit the characteristics of eco-toxic.


2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 209-217
Author(s):  
Dariusz Królik ◽  
Przemysław Wypych ◽  
Jakub Kostecki

Abstract Sewage sludge produced in municipal sewage treatment plants, because of its physicochemical and sanitary properties, is a serious threat to the environment. In order to neutralize it, various methods of processing are used, which directly affect the quantity and quality of produced sewage sludge, which in the final stage can be used naturally. Properly managed sludge management is presented on the example of a sewage treatment plant, conducting the methane fermentation process with the production of biogas.


1984 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 305-321 ◽  
Author(s):  
John G. Babish ◽  
Gilbert S. Stoewsand ◽  
Janet M.Scarlett Kranz ◽  
Juanell N. Boyd ◽  
Virginia D. Ahrens ◽  
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2018 ◽  
Vol 45 ◽  
pp. 00036
Author(s):  
Zbigniew Kowalewski

The process of designing and exploiting municipal sewage treatment plants has become much simpler and more efficient thanks to mathematical modeling. The ASM model family is able to simulate the operation of existing or designed objects in a satisfactory manner. The basic problem in Poland is the insufficient amount of data for simulations coming from plant monitoring. It is provided to create unstable model results with difficulties in calibration and validation. The aim of this article is to confirm how the amount of data and its completeness will affect the quality of the simulation performed in the ASM model. The study object is a sewage treatment plant located in Chicago in the USA. It is a sewage treatment plant operating with activated sludge technology, with regular monitoring of the quality of raw and treated wastewater. For modeling, a variant of the ASM model built into the BioWin 5.2 software was used.


2016 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 665-675 ◽  
Author(s):  
Grzegorz Wielgosiński ◽  
Robert Cichowicz ◽  
Jacek Wiśniewski

Abstract In quantitative terms, sludge produced in the process of municipal wastewater treatment represents a small part of the total waste generated in municipal sources - its quantity represents only a few percent of the generated mass of municipal waste. However, the threats it brings, do not allow it to be neglected while designing the wastewater treatment process. At the same time, with increasing requirements regarding the quality of sewage discharged into the environment, there is an increase in the amount of sludge produced in wastewater treatment processes. In recent years, the share of thermal treatment of municipal sewage sludge has risen sharply - about 12 modern sludge incineration plants have been built and construction of new ones is considered. During more than a four-year operation of the sewage sludge incineration plant in the Combined Sewage Treatment Plant in Lodz (GOS) a large ammonia emission from the combustion process was observed. So, a decision was taken to examine this process. The paper presents results of ammonia emission from the combustion of sewage sludge from GOS as a function of temperature.


Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 316
Author(s):  
Mariusz Tańczuk ◽  
Wojciech Kostowski

The treatment of growing production of municipal sewage sludge has become a significant global problem. Drying of digested sewage sludge is a promising alternative to sludge disposal at dumping sites. The research objective of this study was to find the optimal heat source for a sludge drying plant in a large municipal sewage treatment plant (people equivalent: 250,000). Two boundary heat supply cases were analyzed in the paper: cogeneration of heat and power (CHP) units, internal combustion (IC) engines fired with natural gas, and plant supplied with a gas boiler. The aim of the research was to find the optimal size of the cogeneration unit cooperating with the gas boiler as heat sources for a given drying plant case with the maximum net present (NPV) value as the objective function. The results of the conducted optimization show higher profitability of cases with larger cogeneration unit. For the basic assumptions, the maximum NPV is obtained for the largest analyzed CHP unit: 1300 kW of thermal power output. Sensitivity analyses show that the varying gas and electricity prices can relocate the NPV maximum towards smaller CHP sizes. A supplementary energy analysis shows that implementing larger CHP units yields a higher energy efficiency of the system, up to 0.52.


2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jana Marešová ◽  
Miroslav Horník ◽  
Martin Pipíška ◽  
Jozef Augustín

Sludges are byproducts of sewage treatment process. Land application of sewage sludge is one of the final steps of waste water treatment, but solubilization of toxic metals restricts this method of sludge disposal. In our paper cobalt, zinc, cadmium and cesium sorption by suspension of non-treated activated sewage sludge (14 g/dm3, dry wt.) from waste water spiked with 60CoCl2, 65ZnCl2, 109CdCl2 or 137CsCl were determined in laboratory experiments at 20°C. Activated sludge supplied by the municipal sewage treatment plant in Zeleneč (Trnava region, Slovakia) showed high efficiency to sorb Co2+, Zn2+, Cd2+ and Cs+ ions from waste water pH 6-7. The process can be characterized by the concentration equilibrium (Csolid/Cliquid) typical for sorption processes. Efficiency of the sorption increased in the order Cs < Co < Zn < Cd. Metal sorption process was not inhibited by pretreatment of the sludge with 0.2% formaldehyde or thermal inactivation at 60°C, what confirms that the process was not dependent on metabolic activity of the sludge. Cobalt, zinc, cadmium and cesium were easily removable from the sludge by washing with diluted HCl, EDTA or water solutions of the corresponding metal ions, but with low efficiency by deionized water.


2019 ◽  
pp. 115-124
Author(s):  
Piotr Kowalik ◽  
Ewa Wojciechowska

Utilization of sewage sludge is becoming one of the biggest environmental problems.One of the possible solutions is application of sludge to soil amendment. Sludge is a goodnatural fertilizer due to high concentration of organic carbon and nutrient elements (N, P).On the contrary, sewage sludge also contains heavy metals and may be contaminatedwith enteric parasites. Thus application of sludge to land could result in contamination ofsurface and ground waters and including trace metals in the food chains due tocontamination of plants grown on sludge amended soils. Hence land application of sludgeought to be carefully monitored and follow stringent regulations, which are often difficultto fulfil. However, if sludge is applied to reclamation of degraded post-industrial lands,waste deposition sites, landfills and formation of soil-like surface layer on soil-lessgrounds, the restrictions are not so stringent and easier to fulfil than in cases when cropsare grown on sludge amended soils.In the article reclamation of a phosphogypsum deposition site in Wislinka near Gdanskusing sewage sludge from a municipal wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) is discussed.Phosphogypsum deposit in Wislinka for many years has been one of the biggestenvironmental problems of the region, causing permanent complainants from localcommunities. Reclamation of the deposition site started in 1999 and has been continuedup till now. Covering of the slopes with a layer of sludge reduces dangerous wind erosionof dust and promotes plants succession.


Author(s):  
N. A. Orekhova ◽  
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E. I. Ovsyany ◽  

Based on the data of field research performed in 2015, the authors studied characteristics of bottom sediments in the area of a deepwater sewage collector of “Yuzhnye” Integrated Sewage Treatment Plant and transformation of bottom sediments resulted from a longterm anthropogenic impact. The data were obtained by standard methods of geochemical analysis. It is established that the bottom sediments in the wastewater discharge area of “Yuzhnye” Integrated Sewage Treatment Plant are represented by rudaceous and coarsegrained fractions. These are mineral particles formed both as a result of coastal abrasion and in the process of accumulation and diagenesis (shell rock, detrital sand) of bottom sediments. In terms of their size distribution and chemical composition they differed significantly from the sediments formed under natural conditions. These were mostly unconsolidated water-saturated sediments with low carbonate content, high organic carbon and moisture content and signs (impurities, consistency, odour) characteristic of municipal sewage sludge. It is noted that the accumulation level of anthropogenic organic carbon is comparable to that of organic matter in the bottom sediments of Sevastopol region bays characterized by limited water exchange and subject to long-term anthropogenic pollution. Exceeding the previously established critical organic carbon levels in the soft soils of the Black Sea (Corg ≥ 2.5 %) results in destructive changes in ecosystems: it has a negative impact on benthos sharply changing its structural characteristics (abundance, biomass, total species richness) with restructuring of its dominant species structure.


2010 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 128-136 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aušra Zigmontienė ◽  
Eglė Zuokaitė

The main environmental problem of sewage sludge treatment and storing processes is unpleasant smell caused by emitted gases, such as NH3, H2S etc.; which are released during organic matter decomposition process. The second environmental problem is that during sewage sludge composting process global warming gases, such as CO2, CH4, and N2O are emitted, the emissions of these gases can be reduced by creating optimal composting conditions (C:N, aeration, pH and humidity) and by adding some additives (wood cuttings, shavings, zeolites, peat etc.) into sewage sludge. In our study we analyse the experimental results on CH4, NH3, H2S and VOC emissions during sewage sludge composting process. For this experiment, centrifuge‐dried sewage sludge from Vilnius City Municipal Sewage Treatment Plant were used. Used Ashen bark, oaken cuttings, aspen shavings, shredded deciduous tree branches. The composting process was performed in a compost site‐simulating facilities. Santrauka Nuoteku valymas, nuoteku dumblo apdorojimas ir saugojimas neišvengiamai kelia išsiskiriančiu duju, nemaloniu kvapu problema. Yrant organinems medžiagoms išsiskiria nemalonaus kvapo dujos (NH3, H2S ir kt.) ir šiltnamio efekta sukeliančios dujos (CO2, CH4, N2O). Biodegradacijos procesai vyksta gamtoje ir natūraliai, ir dirbtinai ‐ kompostuojant. Sudarant optimalias kompostavimo salygas (C:N, aeravimas, pH ir dregnis) bei naudojant priedus (medžio pjuvenas, drožles, ceolita, durpes ir kt.) galima mažinti dujiniu teršalu emisijas i aplinka. Nagrinejami nuoteku dumblo kompostavimo eksperimentu rezultatai tiriant CH4, NH3, H2S ir LOJ emisijas. Eksperimentui naudotas perteklinis Vilniaus komunaliniu nuoteku valymo irenginiu nuoteku dumblas, nusausintas centrifugomis. Kaip papildomos medžiagos ‐ uosio žieve, ažuolo pjuvenos, drebules drožles, smulkios lapuočiu medžiu šakos. Kompostuota kompostavimo aikštele imituojančiuose “irenginiuose”. Резюме Oчисткa сточных вод, а также дальнейшая обработка накапливаемого осадка связаны с выбросами газов с неприятным запахом. Газы, образующиеся в процессе деградации органических веществ, не только обладают специфическим запахом (NH3, H2S и др.), но и вызывают парниковый эффект (CO2, CH4, NOx). Известно, что процесс биодеградации может происходить как в естественных, так и в искусственных условиях, например, при компостировании. Используя примеси (опилки, щепки, цеолит, торф и др.), а также подбирая оптимальные условия для компостирования – C:N, аэрация, рН, влага, можно снизить выбросы газов в окружающую среду. В статье проанализированы результаты газовых выбросов – CH4, NH3, H2S, ЛОС – при компостировании осадков сточных вод. В эксперименте был использован избыточный осадок из очистных сооружений города Вильнюса после обработки на центрифугах. В качестве дополнительного материала (примесей) в процессе компостирования были использованы кора, опилки дуба, стружка осины, небольшие измельченные веточки. Процесс компостирования был имитирован в лабораторных условиях.


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